Please provide details of GCSEs, Further and Higher Education, or equivalent.

In line with safer recruitment in education, we require a full work history including any voluntary work and course placements. Please also provide details and explanations of any gaps during this time.

- Please provide reference details to cover at least the last 2 years of your employment history. - We are required to gain a minimum of 2 references but 3 is recommended.  - - One must be your present/most recent employer or the agency you are currently signed up to.  - If you have ever worked (even as a student) with babies/children/young adults, we MUST have a reference from the most recent establishment in which you worked.   - The referees you provide must be from senior members of staff who have seen you work i.e. Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Head of Department, Manager or Supervisor/Team Leader, Course Tutor.   - If you are shortlisted for interview, by submitting this form you are agreeing to Ripple Education contacting your referees.   - Please note your dates of employment/placements will be checked as per legislation and must match the dates on references received.

The following questions on health and disability are asked in order to find out your needs in terms of reasonable adjustments to access our recruitment service.

Please use this section to demonstrate how you meet you meet the essential and/or desirable experience skills and knowledge asset out on the person specification of the post for which you are applying. Candidates who do not evidence that they meet the essential qualifications and experience listed on the person specification will not be shortlisted.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS certificate. Where the post has been identified as involving regulated activity with children, it is a criminal offence to apply for the post if you are included on the children’s barred list held by the DBS. Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

I confirm that the information on this form is complete and accurate, that I possess all the qualifications which I claim to hold. I understand that any offer of employment is subject to a) references which are satisfactory to the company b) a satisfactory DBS certificate and check of the Barred List c) the entries on this form proving to be complete, if appropriate.  I confirm that I have not been disqualified from working with children, cautioned or sanctioned in this regard.